The M.M. Liberman Papers, 1953-1974 are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 2 folders at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The M.M. Liberman Papers, 1953-1974 are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

Cite As

M.M. Liberman Papers, 1953-1974, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Processed by

Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.

Biography of M.M. Liberman

Teacher and literary critic.

Myron Mandell Liberman was born in 1921, married Mathilda Nahra in 1958, and had two children. He taught English at Wayne State University, 1957-1960, and then Grinnell College in Iowa, starting in 1960.

Liberman eschewed the use of his first names and as an author of literary studies, particularly of Katherine Anne Porter, he used only the initials M.M.

Scope and Content of the Collection

Correspondence between Liberman and Katherine Anne Porter and her lawyer regarding access to Porter’s papers and the short-lived designation of Liberman as her literary executor. Also, a short letter to Liberman from Allen Tate, three letters from Malcolm Cowley, three off-prints of Liberman’s articles on Porter, and a copy of a will of Porter’s which she later cancelled.